Hi Daniel, I just searched on Stephen Fry, and I found a lot of things, the
most expensive of which was Stephen Fry presents a series of Anton check off
stories for $14.95. No Sherlock Holmes. There were some Stephen Fry series 1
and series 2, but they didn't reference Sherlock Holmes, and I suspect they
work maybe compilations of the shows that are also offered. Anyway, no deal.
Mary
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Mary, how strange you didn't find the Sherlock Holmes item. Did you use
the key words Steven fry in your search? That's how I got it to show up and I
could see it in both stores.
Don't know why girl on the train has gone up in price, that was what I payed
when I brought it a couple of years ago. Could it be that its dearer in
dollars than pounds?
That's only a guess mind.
On 3 Mar 2017, at 23:40, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I didn't find the expensive Sherlock Holmes you were talking about in the
iBooks store on Audible. Girl on the train in the iBooks store as an
audiobook is $23.95. If you're using an audible credit and you have the
platinum plan that was pre-paid the cost for that book would be one credit
which would be something less than $10 something like nine dollars and 80 or
70 some sense.
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:33 PM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So if we were to put a few titles into context how would the credits work
out for them?
1. Girl on the train by Paula Hawkins iTunes £11.95 audible Buy For £21.99
2.
Lord of the rings fellowship of the ring
By
J. R. R. Tolkien iTunes £8.95 Audible £16.99
3. Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver iTunes £9.95 Audible £16.99
4. Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle,
Narrated by Stephen Fry iTunes £31.95 Audible Buy For £79.99
So putting these titles into perspective, iTunes seems to be the cheaper of
the two. Especially when you compare the price of number 4 in the list.
On 3 Mar 2017, at 20:54, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you can pay for the platinum membership all at once, it's cheaper than
$24 a month. I would think the same is true for the gold membership.
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Greg Wocher <gwocher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello,
I pay $14.95 a month for the Gold membership. This membership gives you 1
credit a month. I believe the platinum plan is right around $24 a month
and this gives you 2 credits a month.
Regards,
Greg Wocher
On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe you can join Audible without actually buying credits. But then
you're paying the price that everybody pays, with the possible exception
of 15% discount? I'm not really sure. I have been a purchaser of credits
forever.
Mary
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thank you all for your wonderful feedback. Particularly in the areas
where I didn't know about so called credits.
I do have a question about the membership thing and that is: does one
have to pay so much a month? I know you have said that it's cheaper in
the long run but as for myself, I'd much rather pay for a single book
and not be tied to a monthly subscription of sorts. Can you pay this
way as well?
Just asking this for my own personal reasons.
On 3 Mar 2017, at 17:29, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I love audable, I will never buy from itunes. The quality is
excellent, and I can read my books on any platform, mac, windows,
iphone, android probably etc.
Take care and be blessed.
On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:55 AM, Mary Otten <motten53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, I have never purchased an audiobook through iTunes. I have been
an audible member for many many years, long before I ever thought of
a Mac or before iPhones existed. For me, the number one reason not to
buy through iTunes is the cost. The books are outrageously expensive.
If you join Audible, at the platinum rate, which gives you 24 credits
a year, you can get 24 books a year at a cost of slightly less than
$10 per book. You have to pay for the credits all at once, which
might not be something everybody can do. But if you can, it's for
sure worth it if you are a reasonably heavy user of audiobooks. They
also have a gold level, which gives you 12 credits per year, but the
credits cost more, making your book purchase cost you something like
13 or $14 per book. In addition, if you run out of credits before
your subscription renews, you can get 15% off on other book
purchases. And you can choose A daily summary from either the Wall
Street Journal or the New York Times at no extra cost. Also, audible
runs periodic sales where you can get three books for two credits or
sometimes two books for one credit from a list that they provide on
their website.
I realize that none of these things were what you directly ask about,
but I think they're very important, since books from the iTunes Store
are expensive. As for the quality, since I have not used a book
purchased from iTunes, I obviously can't comment. But between the
so-called CD-quality, which is the highest one to give you that
warning and the next one down, if you're just listening to your books
on the average phone speaker or whatever, it doesn't matter. We are
talking about voice recording here after all, not high fidelity
music. I'm not saying there's no difference at all. I'm just saying
for me at least, it's not worth it. If you have tons of space and
want to use up twice as much space with audio, go for it.
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On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:31 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all, first off, I would like to say that I have been buying my
audiobooks through iTunes/iBooks store for quite a few years now
and it has amounted to quite a collection. Recently though, I have
started using Amazon which owns Audible.
The reason to why I am thinking about switching has to do with the
audio quality .
I'm not completely sure, but isn't the sound quality of iTunes
audiobooks considerably lower than Audible's quality in the Audible
app for IOS?
For those who have the Audible app do you notice any difference in
sound when you choose the high option compared to standard?
Besides the alert that says when selecting it, warning: This setting
will result in larger file sizes and longer download times. Which is
pretty obvious anyway. Just wanted to know if the higher option
really makes a difference or not to the listening experience .
If not, I'll continue to use iTunes and if anyone could say why they
prefer Audible compared to iTunes I would appreciate that as well.
I thanks
Daniel
